National Alamo Car Rental and the Jokers Homeboyz escaped with hard-earned 7-6 wins over separate opponents to remain on top of the Budweiser-Saipan Billiards Association Open 8-Ball Thursday League when action resumed last week.<\/p>\n
No games were held in the Thursday League because of the holiday season as Dec. 24 and 31, Christmas and New Year\u2019s Eve, fell on Thursdays.<\/p>\n
Alamo defeated the Jokers WildBoyz, while the Homeboyz edged lowly Jonny\u2019s Team SCS. The Wild Bill\u2019s Rack \u2018N\u2019 Roll also scored a 7-6 win over sister squad Wild Wild West.<\/p>\n
Both matchups by the Alamo and WildBoyz were decided in the final Partner\u2019s 8-Ball event.<\/p>\n
Alamo\u2019s Manny Mariano and Rodel Dela Cruz got the better of Ray Matsunaga and Randy Sablan to break a 6-6 tally.<\/p>\n
Alamo jumped to a 5-1 lead, but the WildBoyz rallied back to take a 6-5 edge and moved a win away of wrapping up the contest.<\/p>\n
Rey Hermogenes and Joseph Achas delivered for Alamo as they dispatched John Reyes and Sablan to force a deciding match with Mariano and Dela Cruz wrapping up the victory.<\/p>\n
It was almost the same result in the Homeboyz-SCS match with the former also needing Nolan Cultura and Rick Elefante\u2019s triumph over Bryan Fabre and James Villacrucis to seal the win.<\/p>\n
Alamo continues to hold the top ranking with a 55-36 record followed closely by the 54-37 mark of the Homeboyz. The WildBoyz (49-42), Wild Wild West (41-50), Rack \u2018N\u2019 Roll (40-51), and Team SCS (34-57) complete the standings.<\/p>\n
In last week\u2019s Tuesday League, the Jokers IT&E Voyagers pulled away from the rest of the pack after an 11-2 decision over the fellow Jokers-backed squad Destroyers.<\/p>\n
The Voyagers now have an 82-48 slate or 15 wins ahead of the 67-63 mar of the Jokers Docomo Hustlers, an 8-5 loser to the Jonny\u2019s Titans.<\/p>\n
The Destroyers dropped to 64-66, while the Jokers StraightBlackBall are fourth with a 62-68 standing. The Titans (61-69) and the Jonny\u2019s Crazy 8 (54-76) are the other squads competing in this season\u2019s Tuesday Open 8-Ball League.<\/p>\n
The Titans trounced the Hustlers, 8-5, and the Crazy 8 nipped the StraighBlackBall, 7-6, in the other matches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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